In Other Brooklyn News

One of the more unexpected side effects of the pandemic has been a surge in cycling, fueled by people avoiding trains and buses and seeking a way to stay in shape. That triggered an extreme shortage of bicycles. Then came the thieves.

"Grand Army" — the new Netflix series, which premieres Friday — is the name of a fictional high school near, you guessed it, Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights.

The federal government is ramping up efforts to prosecute gun crimes in New York City. It's an effort to help curb an alarming number of shootings in recent months, especially in Brooklyn, CBS2's Andrea Grymes reported Wednesday.

Two more ballfields have finished a long-needed update in Prospect Park. The Prospect Park Alliance announced Tuesday that Long Meadow Ball Fields "4" and "5" have reopened following a $1.25-million renovation.

The highly anticipated conversion of the Leverich Towers Hotel into a high-end assisted living facility for seniors in Brooklyn Heights is complete, with residents beginning to move into the revamped historic building.

The number of students physically going into the school building has dropped since the start of the school year. Today parents and elected officials are expected to speak out about what they're calling safety concerns at a school in Bushwick.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has your newest quarantine-read. The BP and mayoral hopeful has written a new book detailing his journey from a diabetes diagnosis to a healthy, plant-based lifestyle.

New York is at a critical point. Even as city and state coronavirus positivity rates declined over the summer, officials have been wary of what the fall may bring.

The city's paramedics say a rise in the number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients they are treating is bringing back disturbing memories of the height of the pandemic in New York last spring.

A few weeks into remote learning in June, Alexis Clark decided she was going to send her second-graders a gift.